BMBS Medicine (Graduate entry) at Bangor University

Programme overview

A four-year graduate-entry BMBS at Bangor's North Wales Medical School, preparing graduates for work as foundation doctors in the NHS. It is open to high-performing graduates from four recognised feeder streams and to other graduates of degrees relevant to medicine. The curriculum emphasises primary care and community medicine, with placements in GP surgeries, teaching hospitals, rural settings and mountain medicine.

Department: North Wales Medical School | Duration: 4 years full-time | Intake: September (3-week Summer School in August beforehand) | Location: Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Learning is through case-based learning in small facilitated groups, plenaries, anatomy teaching, lab practicals, clinical skills and placements. The course runs in three phases: Phase 1 (core science and clinical practice, equivalent to Year 2 of the A100 programme), Phase 2 (Years 3 and 4, increased clinical time in hospitals and GP surgeries) and Phase 3 (final-year work-based learning and preparation for practice, including an elective period).

Career pathways

Graduates enter the two-year NHS Foundation Training Programme (provisional registration in F1, full registration on completing it), after passing the Situational Judgement Test and the Medical Licensing Assessment. Careers include GP, hospital doctor, forensic pathologist and public health roles. The course is professionally accredited by the General Medical Council as a primary medical qualification.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must have permanent UK residency and Home Fee status on the day of application. Feeder streams: at least an upper second (2:1) in BMedSci Medical Sciences (Bangor, B100), BSc Medical Pharmacology (Cardiff, B210), BSc Biomedical Sciences (Cardiff, BC97; anatomy module required on the Cardiff courses) or BSc Medical Sciences (University of South Wales, B901). Other degrees: a relevant degree at upper second or above, normally completed no more than 3 years before starting (may be extended for those working in healthcare), assessed individually through Recognition of Prior Education and Learning (RPEL) before applying; applicants with approved RPEL must pass an entrance exam if invited to interview (not required of feeder-stream applicants or OMFS-track dental graduates). Dental graduates may also apply. Level 3: BBB/ABC at A-level including Biology or Chemistry plus another science (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Economics, Maths/Further Maths/Statistics); where ABC, the compulsory sciences cannot be grade C; science practical must be passed. Alternatives: Irish Leaving Certificate H2 in Biology, Chemistry and four other subjects; Scottish Advanced Highers BBC with grade B in Biology and Chemistry; IB 32 overall (excluding TOK and EE) with 19 at Higher Level and grade 5 in Biology and Chemistry. GCSE: English language or Welsh first language at B/6, and 7 GCSEs including B/6 in Maths, Biology and Chemistry and C/4 in all others. BTEC, Access to HE and T Levels are not accepted. UCAT must be taken in the year of application (no minimum score). Multiple mini interview for selected applicants. Level 3 resits not accepted. Contextual offers may be lower than advertised; first- or second-language Welsh speakers may qualify. Deferred entry is not accepted. UCAS deadline for 2027 entry: 6pm, 15 October 2026. Applicants must be 18 by course start; level 3 qualifications no more than five years old unless continuing in a health-related field. Occupational health screening and DBS check are required.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year. UK and Ireland full-time fee; provisional (asterisked), subject to Welsh Government regulation; 2027/28 fees still being finalised. Course is Home fee status only. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/apply

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